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[Finally, finally, Joshua's journal flips open. There is a cracking of the fingers as he stretches out. Dictated:]
Hmm. In the end, I suppose the precautions were necessary after all. [Taps... on... the desk. With the little Hachiko figurine he got from the castle a couple of weeks ago.] I suppose her gift is covered nicely. Technically, it's for all of them. [Humm...] I guess it would have been nicer if I had given them that little thing, but then again, who really wants a white elephant present?
... He should really get out more. There's no sense in him cooping up like that. He'll end up a bitter old hermit, and then where would I be? Down one workable Proxy. He'd be wrinkly too. Yuck.
[Another pause... then he raises his voice.] Annaliese, dear, what do you have?
Gar gardevoir. [A pause as they communicate.]
... I still don't see how that's fair compensation. It's not as though the castle gave you to me.
[A little scoffing noise.] Devoir.
What you call unnecessarily obtuse I call rhetorically challenging. I don't want to spoil them, Annaliese, really! It hurts me more than hurts them.
[A long suffering sigh + eyeroll as she floats off.]
[/Private]
While the rest of you have been performing holiday calisthenics, I've been hard at work, compiling this list for you! Where would you guys be without me, honestly? Misinformed and bored. It's a wonder that I got any of you extra presents at all!
I suppose a public service announcement should get around to the point eventually. [A small pause as he shuffles a few papers around.] The things I do to keep the public informed... A few people have been excluded from this list for the sake of clarity, but really, with over forty different people ranked, I really shouldn't hear any complaining!
So, without further ado...
[Written from here on out]
THE OFFICIAL LIST OF PARADISAN KISSES, ranked from one to however many there are, in order of just how good they were. Commentary is provided where I found it necessary.
1. Benkei-san, my word.
2. Rouge, darling, you'll have to try harder next year.
3. Waka. Goodness, is he taken?
4. Hassan. What a charmer! ♥
5. Howl Jenkins
6. Misa Amane
7. Alice Cullen
8. Faith Lehane
9. Zelman Clock. (Still inexpressibly moe.)
10. Naruto. I've heard he's left? [a sigh] Pi-ty.
11. The Ninth Doctor
12. Yuan. [laugh] Kratos, I see why you keep him around!
13. Ino
14. Reno
15. Albus Dumbledore (We really should try it again, mm?)
16. Chad
17. Jun
18. Shinobu
19. Yukari Takeba
20. Michiru Aida-san
21. Vincent Nightray
22. Shiki Misaki
23. Vergil. I rather like this one better than the one from last year! I'd pin it on practice but for the obvious reasons.
24. Yuuri
25. Arthur... hm. The one of Camelot, I'm thinking.
26. Sophie Devereaux
27. Alicia Baker
28. Hikari
29. Itachi Uchiha
30. Gold
31. Komui Lee
32. Harley
33. Neku Sakuraba. No favoritism involved, trust me.
34. Mai Kashiwagi. I sense unresolved issues.
35. Yosuke Hanamura
36. Donna Troy needs to learn how to chill.
37. Asuka. You do too!
38. That one guy with the horrible green suit that was wandering around around Wednesday of that week. Mediocre, really.
39. Rin Asano, although I must add points for creativity.
40. Death the Kid. Too symmetrical.
41. Miss Puckett
42. Sakaki-san
43. Dr. Horrible. Well, at least he doesn't falsely advertise.
44. Farnese
45. Karako
46. Yaya
47. Miranda, Miranda Lotto
48. Lucas seemed rather distracted
49. Chizuru. Her attention was directed elsewhere, unfortunately. Honshou-san, that's not allowed. ♥ THIS GUY IS A CREEP AND A LIAR Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
50. Michael J. Caboose. Try harder next year, buddy!
51. That one red-headed gent with the sign helpfully announcing the end of times is violent when he comes back up. Proceed with caution.
52. Beat. You know, I really ought to try to find out his first name one of these days...
All annotations and suggestions are welcome, of course. Merry Christmas, castle!
[[ooc: because it's an excellent idea and I can't be bothered to come up with something original, Joshua's Gardevoir got her moveset and some telepathy back for Christmas. SHE CAN NOW EXPRESS HERSELF TO OTHER PEOPLE AHAHAHA. If you want to take your character off this list, please tell me and I'll be happy to oblige! Most of the placings on this list are arbitrary anyway ♥ Also threadjacking is so very welcome here DO IT]]
[Finally, finally, Joshua's journal flips open. There is a cracking of the fingers as he stretches out. Dictated:]
Hmm. In the end, I suppose the precautions were necessary after all. [Taps... on... the desk. With the little Hachiko figurine he got from the castle a couple of weeks ago.] I suppose her gift is covered nicely. Technically, it's for all of them. [Humm...] I guess it would have been nicer if I had given them that little thing, but then again, who really wants a white elephant present?
... He should really get out more. There's no sense in him cooping up like that. He'll end up a bitter old hermit, and then where would I be? Down one workable Proxy. He'd be wrinkly too. Yuck.
[Another pause... then he raises his voice.] Annaliese, dear, what do you have?
Gar gardevoir. [A pause as they communicate.]
... I still don't see how that's fair compensation. It's not as though the castle gave you to me.
[A little scoffing noise.] Devoir.
What you call unnecessarily obtuse I call rhetorically challenging. I don't want to spoil them, Annaliese, really! It hurts me more than hurts them.
[A long suffering sigh + eyeroll as she floats off.]
[/Private]
While the rest of you have been performing holiday calisthenics, I've been hard at work, compiling this list for you! Where would you guys be without me, honestly? Misinformed and bored. It's a wonder that I got any of you extra presents at all!
I suppose a public service announcement should get around to the point eventually. [A small pause as he shuffles a few papers around.] The things I do to keep the public informed... A few people have been excluded from this list for the sake of clarity, but really, with over forty different people ranked, I really shouldn't hear any complaining!
So, without further ado...
[Written from here on out]
THE OFFICIAL LIST OF PARADISAN KISSES, ranked from one to however many there are, in order of just how good they were. Commentary is provided where I found it necessary.
1. Benkei-san, my word.
2. Rouge, darling, you'll have to try harder next year.
3. Waka. Goodness, is he taken?
4. Hassan. What a charmer! ♥
5. Howl Jenkins
6. Misa Amane
7. Alice Cullen
8. Faith Lehane
9. Zelman Clock. (Still inexpressibly moe.)
10. Naruto. I've heard he's left? [a sigh] Pi-ty.
11. The Ninth Doctor
12. Yuan. [laugh] Kratos, I see why you keep him around!
13. Ino
14. Reno
15. Albus Dumbledore (We really should try it again, mm?)
16. Chad
17. Jun
18. Shinobu
19. Yukari Takeba
20. Michiru Aida-san
21. Vincent Nightray
22. Shiki Misaki
23. Vergil. I rather like this one better than the one from last year! I'd pin it on practice but for the obvious reasons.
24. Yuuri
25. Arthur... hm. The one of Camelot, I'm thinking.
26. Sophie Devereaux
27. Alicia Baker
28. Hikari
29. Itachi Uchiha
30. Gold
31. Komui Lee
32. Harley
33. Neku Sakuraba. No favoritism involved, trust me.
34. Mai Kashiwagi. I sense unresolved issues.
35. Yosuke Hanamura
36. Donna Troy needs to learn how to chill.
37. Asuka. You do too!
38. That one guy with the horrible green suit that was wandering around around Wednesday of that week. Mediocre, really.
39. Rin Asano, although I must add points for creativity.
40. Death the Kid. Too symmetrical.
41. Miss Puckett
42. Sakaki-san
43. Dr. Horrible. Well, at least he doesn't falsely advertise.
44. Farnese
45. Karako
46. Yaya
47. Miranda, Miranda Lotto
48. Lucas seemed rather distracted
49. Chizuru. Her attention was directed elsewhere, unfortunately. Honshou-san, that's not allowed. ♥ THIS GUY IS A CREEP AND A LIAR Methinks the lady doth protest too much.
50. Michael J. Caboose. Try harder next year, buddy!
51. That one red-headed gent with the sign helpfully announcing the end of times is violent when he comes back up. Proceed with caution.
52. Beat. You know, I really ought to try to find out his first name one of these days...
All annotations and suggestions are welcome, of course. Merry Christmas, castle!
[[ooc: because it's an excellent idea and I can't be bothered to come up with something original, Joshua's Gardevoir got her moveset and some telepathy back for Christmas. SHE CAN NOW EXPRESS HERSELF TO OTHER PEOPLE AHAHAHA. If you want to take your character off this list, please tell me and I'll be happy to oblige! Most of the placings on this list are arbitrary anyway ♥ Also threadjacking is so very welcome here DO IT]]